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Cameroon: farmers in anti-rape protest

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Thousands of women are refusing to work on farms in north-west Cameroon's Wum district after a spate of rapes and assaults blamed on cattle herders.

The women say young girls are among the victims and one woman died of her wounds on Monday night, the BBC's Randy Joe Sa'ah in Wum reports.

Government officials have called a meeting for Tuesday in Wum to discuss the problem.

Read more on BBC News, published 15. Nov

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Thousands of women are refusing to work on farms in north-west Cameroon's Wum district after a spate of rapes and assaults blamed on cattle herders.

The women say young girls are among the victims and one woman died of her wounds on Monday night, the BBC's Randy Joe Sa'ah in Wum reports.

Government officials have called a meeting for Tuesday in Wum to discuss the problem.

Read more on BBC News, published 15. Nov

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